I listen as the leaves rustle in the distance... I hear the birds calling out to their friends in far away trees... The river as it rushes by and I think of what a mighty God we serve...
The trees turn all different colours and nobody told them to, they just did. Its been that way since the beginning of time and until Jesus returns and calls us out of this world it will continue to be that way.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." John 1:1-4
We look at the times and the changing of seasons. Summer became Fall and before we know it the snow will fly. At least for those of us who choose to live the greater north of North America. It's also a wonderful time of year which includes Thanksgiving this past weekend for Canadians. I love thanksgiving, the idea of it, the importance behind it, the need for it, and the beauty that surrounds it and that list could go on.
The Idea:
Thankful- pleased and relieved, expressing gratitude and relief, appreciative
The Importance:
Well if the quote above doesn't sum up the importance of thankful hearts, I don't know what does. What would you do if you woke up today with only the things that you thanked God for yesterday? If we really let that thought motivate our very being, what would that do to us? What would that do to society? What would that do in our Churches, in our workplaces, in our homes? Did you even Thank the Lord this morning for the plan of Salvation, the fact that Christ came to earth so He could die for your sins and for mine? Now wake up tomorrow morning without that? How devastating!!!
A thankful heart is one who is thankful for everything: things past, things present, and things to come. That's a hard place to be, I know sometimes we let life happen and we forget what our true calling really is here on earth.
The Need:
We live in a world where everything is at our finger tips... We have the latest news in our local community with a few clicks of a button. We don't have to go that far and we are at the local grocery store. We get our mail sent right to our door. You woke up this morning and went to the tape and had fresh, clean, drinkable water. You woke up this morning and had a hot or at least warm shower. You woke up this morning and got to choose if you wanted breakfast or not and if you did there was food in the cupboard for you to eat. You have a Bible in front of you, you can read. The list could go on and on.
You have to much, to gain, to only loose it by being unthankful. A thankful heart is a happy heart. It is such a blessing to be around a person who chooses to be thankful.
"In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18
We need to be a thankful people. The more you are thankful, the more things you recognize to be thankful for.
To end it all one must add...
The Beauty that surrounds it:
First, a thankful heart is a beautiful heart. As I said before its a blessing to be around a person who chooses to be thankful in every circumstance.
Second of all, with the "beauty of it" comes nature itself. God's artwork! Nature a thing that only man will dream of being able to capture the beauty of. Even tho we try and save it by dragging out our cameras. I am thankful for this time of year for the exact reason of trying to capture the beauty of nature.
A couple months ago a friend of mine challenged me with the idea of writing out a 1000 things that she was thankful for big or small. She shared of how it had changed her outlook on life and how she viewed more and more things as simply gifts from God alone. If you started now how long would it take for you to run out of things to write down. I will leave the comments open, but I encourage you to comment with things you are thankful for.
Above all BE THANKFUL!!!
God Bless,
The trees turn all different colours and nobody told them to, they just did. Its been that way since the beginning of time and until Jesus returns and calls us out of this world it will continue to be that way.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." John 1:1-4
We look at the times and the changing of seasons. Summer became Fall and before we know it the snow will fly. At least for those of us who choose to live the greater north of North America. It's also a wonderful time of year which includes Thanksgiving this past weekend for Canadians. I love thanksgiving, the idea of it, the importance behind it, the need for it, and the beauty that surrounds it and that list could go on.
The Idea:
Thankful- pleased and relieved, expressing gratitude and relief, appreciative
The Importance:
Well if the quote above doesn't sum up the importance of thankful hearts, I don't know what does. What would you do if you woke up today with only the things that you thanked God for yesterday? If we really let that thought motivate our very being, what would that do to us? What would that do to society? What would that do in our Churches, in our workplaces, in our homes? Did you even Thank the Lord this morning for the plan of Salvation, the fact that Christ came to earth so He could die for your sins and for mine? Now wake up tomorrow morning without that? How devastating!!!
A thankful heart is one who is thankful for everything: things past, things present, and things to come. That's a hard place to be, I know sometimes we let life happen and we forget what our true calling really is here on earth.
The Need:
We live in a world where everything is at our finger tips... We have the latest news in our local community with a few clicks of a button. We don't have to go that far and we are at the local grocery store. We get our mail sent right to our door. You woke up this morning and went to the tape and had fresh, clean, drinkable water. You woke up this morning and had a hot or at least warm shower. You woke up this morning and got to choose if you wanted breakfast or not and if you did there was food in the cupboard for you to eat. You have a Bible in front of you, you can read. The list could go on and on.
You have to much, to gain, to only loose it by being unthankful. A thankful heart is a happy heart. It is such a blessing to be around a person who chooses to be thankful.
"In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18
We need to be a thankful people. The more you are thankful, the more things you recognize to be thankful for.
To end it all one must add...
The Beauty that surrounds it:
First, a thankful heart is a beautiful heart. As I said before its a blessing to be around a person who chooses to be thankful in every circumstance.
A couple months ago a friend of mine challenged me with the idea of writing out a 1000 things that she was thankful for big or small. She shared of how it had changed her outlook on life and how she viewed more and more things as simply gifts from God alone. If you started now how long would it take for you to run out of things to write down. I will leave the comments open, but I encourage you to comment with things you are thankful for.
Above all BE THANKFUL!!!
God Bless,
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